Tom Winter
Musician, violinist, and Teacher in St. Louis, MO
Tom Winter plays violin in the St. Louis area for weddings, orchestras, churches and retirement communities.
Tom began studying violin at the age of six, receiving professional instruction from Joseph Kaminsky for two years. He was also a member of Kaminsky's studio, The Kirkwood Academy of Music, where he performed in public venues such as Walt Disney World and Busch Stadium. In high school, Tom earned the principal second violin chair for his Missouri All-State Orchestra audition in 2008.
Aside from being a soloist, Tom is currently active in several local ensembles:
- He plays with the Landolfi Quartet
- He plays principal viola for
- He plays principal second violinist for the Alton Symphony Orchestra.
- He plays violin in the St. Louis Philharmonic Orchestra, the nation’s oldest orchestra of its kind, founded 1860.
Tom has also performed for the St. Louis Civic Orchestra, the Peoria Symphony, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, The Edwardsville Community Symphony and occasionally as an electric violin soloist.
Tom graduated from Lindenwood University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music, Summa Cum Laude.
He also writes new quartet arrangements on-demand of popular artists, including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and Lady Gaga. These arrangements can be purchased by request, or on his Sheet Music Plus account page.
He currently plays in the Landolfi Quartet and is an active member of the American Federation of Musicians Local 2-197.
Tom plays a 1927 German violin handmade by Heinrich T. Heberlein Jr., used with his great grandfather’s lightweight Ludwig Bausch Leipzig bow.
His electric violin is a dark blue Yamaha SV-200 used in conjunction with a Boss ME-70 multi-effects processor.